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  • Mark 1911

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    A buddy of mine gave me this old box of Winchester 30-06 today. He came across a stash of old ammo in a box of his dad's things. His dad passed in 1968. He never even knew this ammo was stashed in the bottom of the box until today. He gave these to me because he doesn't own a 30-06.

    Anyone know what year this might date back to? No price tags, but a box of Federal 30-06 from the same box had a price tag of $6.49.


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    indyjohn

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    Not sure, but might be 1935. Any guesses?

    Possible. From Shooter's Bible Guide to Rifle Ballistics (2011):

    Remington was the first US firm to announce non-corrosive priming in sporting ammo under the "Kleanbore" label in 1927. Winchester followed with "Staynless", Peters with "Rustless". All contained mercury fulminate. German chemists Rathburg and Von Hersz later managed to remove both potassium chlorate and mercury fulminate from primers. Again Remington took the lead with the first U.S. verions of a non-corrosive, non-mercuric primer.

    More likely 1950s. My guess, ymmv.

    https://books.google.com/books?id=Q...page&q=stainless non-mercuric priming&f=false
     

    Bigtanker

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    Found the same box on this site. It's about 7/8's of the way down.
    An Introduction To Collecting .30-06 Cartridges - International Ammunition Association
    I didn't read much, but just skimmed through.

    This is what is written just above the picture....

    Sporting

    Almost every commercial ammo manufacturer in the world produced .30-06 in as many bullet variations as the market would stand. It would be impossible to cover them all here so I will show just a couple of the "exotic" but easily available variations. In addition, some of the boxes are highly prized from makers such as Remington and Winchester-Western.
     

    Wolfhound

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    Wow, that is really cool OP. I would guess 40's or 50's production. AmmoManAaron would probably know for sure. His knowledge of ammunition is astounding.
     

    Mark 1911

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    Found the same box on this site. It's about 7/8's of the way down.
    An Introduction To Collecting .30-06 Cartridges - International Ammunition Association
    I didn't read much, but just skimmed through.

    This is what is written just above the picture....

    Excellent article even if no date on the exact box in question. I've already learned enough to know that these are worth something to a collector even with the box being a little scuffed up. Definitely not for shooting!
     
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